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Center for Coastal Wetland Ecosystems

Research Direction and Interests

Our studies on the coastal wetlands are aiming at the international frontier of ecological studies and fulfilling the urgent demands of the regional social, economic and ecological development of the coastal zone of China. By means of multidisciplinary integration and researches using high technology, we focus on the structure, function, succession and biodiversity of the estuarine and coastal wetland ecosystems, the effects of global change and human activities on coastal ecosystems, and the restoration of coastal wetland ecosystems. We are purposing to develop and give a deeper insight on the wetland ecology, while at a high level to serve the sustainable development of the Chinese coastal zone.

2013-2016, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Spatial-temporal variation and influences of the carbon and nitrogen sink capacity of the tidal wetland in the Yangtze Estuary.

2013-2016, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the dynamic of the wetland vegetation productivity with the plant physiological ecology and remote sensing coupling model.

2013-2016, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Resistance adaptation and exogenous Jasmonate regulation of the mangroves under the stress of heavy metals and insects.

2010-2013, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Effects of changes of water and sediment discharges on the sediment transportation and tidal wetland evolution in the Yangtze Estuary and countermeasures (Sub-program).

2010-2012, National Natural Science Foundation of China: Remote sensing monitoring and information inversion statistics on the submergent macrophytes based on the hyperspectral techniques.

2010-2014, Key Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development (973 Program), the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China: Study on the response mechanisms and vulnerability assessments of the typical coastal ecosystem of China to climate changes.(Sub-program 3 and 4)

2011-2014, Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project, State Oceanic Administration, People's Republic of China: Integrated technology for comprehensive improvement of long and narrow fjord in the coastal area of East China Sea and its demonstration application.

2012-2013, Yangtze Estuary Waterway Administration, Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China: Impacts of dredging activities in North Channel of Yangtze Estuary on the birds nearby.

2010-2013, Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology: Land use change of tidal mudflat in different reclamation ages and soil maturity mechanismin Yangtze Estuary .

2010-2012, Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research: Eutrophic water purification by man-made floating culture beds and its mechanism.

2012-2015, Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research: Study on the response to the climate change and adaptive management of carbon source/sink stability in the wetlands of Yangtze Estuary.

2012-2013, Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research: Study on the interactions between the endogenous and exogenous hormones of the mangrove seedlings under the heavy metal stress and their benefits to the resistance of the seedlings.

2012-2013, Mating program for megaproject: Key techniques of hydro-ecology rehabilitation for the backbone of hydraulic engineering in the watershed- Investigation on the hydrobios in the East Taihu Lake.

2012-2013, Mating program for megaproject: Effects of 300MW offshore wind farm on birds in Dongtai City.

3. Tong，C.F. 2012. Impacts of Introduced Spartina alterniflora Loisel. on Local Salt Marsh Ecosystem: A Viewpoint from the Macroinvertebrates. In International Symposium on Climate Change and Human Activities: Coastal Consequences and Responses.Shanghai, China（Oral Presentation）